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Re: LIVE: Atlas V 501 - NROL-39 - December 5, 2013 (23:14 PST)
« Reply #161 on: 03/01/2015 05:54 am »
I hope the forum members don't mind me dredging up an old thread.
This is follow-up on the NROL-39 patch design.

Mark Robinson on SeeSat-L reports on a FOIA request submitted by Runa Sandvik to the NRO re: the NROL-39 logo approval.
http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Feb-2015/0115.html

The reply document is found at
https://muckrock.s3.amazonaws.com/foia_files/6-23-14_MR9834_RES.pdf

It's an interesting read, in spite (or because?) of the numerous redactions.

A few observations and questions:

Question about the handwritten note on page 1: Is that written by the DNRO below initial-space?  I read the note as "A little sinister!!"

The summary instructions on page 3 are interesting and applicable to life outside the classified world.

The octopus idea originated within the program as an issue with an "octopus cable" used during a thermal vacuum test.  This is the anecdotal story, and there's the official reasoning for the choice of the octopus.

Page 13 content appears to refer to patch coverage in the news.

If the 3 prominent tentacles are a reference to this being the 3rd FIA-Radar/Topaz satellite, then it passed inspection by multiple signatories within the organization.

Is Runa Sandvik a spaceflight expert?  Well, according to this
http://encrypted.cc/
she contributes to the Tor Project, writes for Forbes, and is a technical advisor to the Freedom of the Press Foundation and TrueCrypt Audit project.

What do you think?
Zubenelgenubi

edit: attached FOIA pdf file
edit 2: "reply document"

EDIT 12/11/2017: See also forum thread The story of the NROL-39 logo
« Last Edit: 12/11/2017 06:43 pm by zubenelgenubi »
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Re: LIVE: Atlas V 501 - NROL-39 - December 5, 2013 (23:14 PST)
« Reply #162 on: 03/02/2015 04:19 pm »
I hope the forum members don't mind me dredging up an old thread.
This is follow-up on the NROL-39 patch design.

Mark Robinson on SeeSat-L reports on a FOIA request submitted by Runa Sandvik to the NRO re: the NROL-39 logo approval.
http://www.satobs.org/seesat/Feb-2015/0115.html

The reply document is found at
https://muckrock.s3.amazonaws.com/foia_files/6-23-14_MR9834_RES.pdf

Heh. <Redacted> "Logo is UNCLASSIFIED"

Yeah, I know you don't want to specify which missions are in the same program. But still amusing.

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Re: LIVE: Atlas V 501 - NROL-39 - December 5, 2013 (23:14 PST)
« Reply #163 on: 11/19/2022 10:44 am »
Obj. 39466 AEROCUBE 5B decay prediction: November 23, 2022 UTC 22h20mn ± 30h

https://twitter.com/jremis/status/1593911483284738050

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Re: LIVE: Atlas V 501 - NROL-39 - December 5, 2013 (23:14 PST)
« Reply #164 on: 11/20/2022 09:45 am »
Update: obj. 39466 AEROCUBE 5B decay prediction: November 23, 2022 UTC 10h21mn ± 21h

https://twitter.com/jremis/status/1594252868541743105

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Re: LIVE: Atlas V 501 - NROL-39 - December 5, 2013 (23:14 PST)
« Reply #165 on: 11/23/2022 11:24 am »
Update: obj. 39466 AEROCUBE 5B decay prediction: November 23, 2022 UTC 08h58mn ± 2h

https://twitter.com/jremis/status/1595333648265396224

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